Epic Games Store End User License Agreement

Fortnite · agreement dated January 15, 2025 · Official agreement

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Account & Service Control · Procedure

Noncompliance automatically ends the agreement and license

Failure to comply with any term automatically terminates the agreement without notice, without limiting Epic’s other rights. You may terminate by deleting every Software copy. On termination the license ends, licensed rights cease, and you must destroy all copies in your possession.

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Without limiting any other rights of Epic, this Agreement will terminate automatically without notice if you fail to comply with any of its terms and conditions. You may also terminate this Agreement by deleting all copies of the Software. Upon any termination, the License will automatically terminate, you may no longer exercise any of the rights granted to you by the License, and you must destroy all copies of the Software in your possession.
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Account & Service Control · Context

Content-moderation information is in a separate Safety and Security Center

The agreement directs readers to Epic’s Safety and Security Center for content-moderation practices. It does not supply those practices here, so the link alone does not establish what moderation steps Epic takes.

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For information about our content moderation practices, please visit our Safety and Security Center.

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  • The linked moderation practices are outside the supplied text.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Adults accept responsibility; minors need parental consent

The agreement requires legal majority in your country to enter it, while saying a parent or legal guardian must consent if you are below that age. It makes you legally and financially responsible for actions using or accessing the Software, including by people you allow to access your account.

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TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST BE AN ADULT OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE. YOU ARE LEGALLY AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIONS USING OR ACCESSING OUR SOFTWARE, INCLUDING THE ACTIONS OF ANYONE YOU ALLOW TO ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY, YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN MUST CONSENT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Legal majority depends on your country of residence.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Software can become unavailable even after a Transaction

In rare cases, Software can be removed from the Store and become unavailable for further download or Store access after you add it to your library. The agreement gives a developer ending support for an online game as an example.

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In rare cases, after you have completed a Transaction for Software the Software may be removed from the Epic Games Store (for instance, because the Developer stops supporting an online game) and become unavailable for further download or access from the Epic Games Store.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Described as rare cases; unavailability concerns further download or access from the Store.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Epic judges prohibited conduct that harms other users’ enjoyment

You must not use Software to violate third-party rights or export and other applicable laws. Epic also prohibits behavior detrimental to other users’ intended enjoyment in its sole judgment, including cheating, harassment, offensive language, abandonment, sabotage, spam, social engineering and scams.

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(h) use it to infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including but not limited to any intellectual property, publicity, or privacy rights; (i) use, export, or re-export it in violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (j) behave in a manner which is detrimental to the enjoyment of the Software or Services by other users as intended by Epic, in Epic’s sole judgment, including but not limited to the following – cheating, harassment, use of abusive or offensive language, game abandonment, game sabotage, spamming, social engineering, or scamming.
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Account & Service Control · Company practice

Updates can be mandatory and installed without notice

Epic may require patches, updates or upgrades for continued use and may apply them remotely without notifying you. The agreement records your consent to this. Epic has no maintenance or support obligation for Software or Services.

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Epic may provide patches, updates, or upgrades to the Software that must be installed in order for you to continue to use the Software or Services. Epic may update the Software remotely without notifying you, and you hereby consent to Epic applying patches, updates, and upgrades.
Epic does not have any maintenance or support obligations with respect to the Software or Services.
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Account & Service Control · Company practice

Features and game progress can disappear without notice

Epic may change, suspend, discontinue, replace or limit any aspect of Software or Services at any time. Use gives you no monetary or other interest in features, including in-game rewards, achievements or levels. Character data, progress, customization and other usage data may become unavailable without notice, including after updates.

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Epic may modify, suspend, discontinue, substitute, replace, or limit your access to any aspect of the Software or Services at any time.
You acknowledge that your use of the Software or Services does not confer on you any interest, monetary or otherwise, in any aspect or feature of the Software or Services, including but not limited to any in-game rewards, achievements, character levels.
You also acknowledge that any character data, game progress, game customization or other data related to your use of the Software or Services may cease to be available to you at any time without notice from Epic, including without limitation after a patch, update, or upgrade is applied by Epic.
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